Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-08-23
rnE HAMILroN CArrLE.

ed m quarantine.
Below We give Mr.. Libby's version. in
: letter 10 the Naias Fdrmsr.
THE HAMILTON CATTLE.
We were . great Deal surprised 10 see In
some OF our principal State newspapers
supposed 10 have the great cattle interests
AZ heart. announced 20 the pablo q false
statement In very sensational article, re-
gardlug The lIsmllton herd OF cattle
sought and held As an experiment 20 es-
tAbllsh some Ideas and correct some error
eous notions In regard 10 consumption,
The later name tuberculosis. In cattle.
These papers quoted nom a Portland pa
per. the home os one % the cattle commls-
sl0ners, TIA, this lot % cattle bad not I'm
proved, and woali AL be Slaughtered Fri
DAY, Aug. tth. This wSs The irst iniimA'
Ton hAi % such action. Friday morn.
lrr took TIE early train. and with team
frOm Newport I arrived ~ Mr.. uAmilton's =
In The town OF Garland, ~ about o'clock,
and was very AnxiOus 10 see this much
emAciaiei, consumptivc herd which had
never examined bat once. In May last and
iaige OF nv astOulsameut In visiting The
pasture to dad fftccu bead of grade Here
ford siscrs, al TAT and sleek. and growing
beyond my mosi sAnguine expectations.
Very many OF The popalsee OF Garland
and ihe Surrounding towns, came t0geiaer
with long faces. % attend this funeral,
which II true, a. read by them IN the pa
per-. they could sce The foundation stones
% oar great cattle interest. In Maine
crumhling, bat ou seeiug this most oeAa'
ufal sight of these zoe fst steers, taeir
faces brighiened NJ. and We think many 0'
them went home satisfied that the enemies
of our cattle growing Interests were folied.
and as many expressed IL, The whole
thlng was hnm0ug.- which II not tne
ca.e. a. We have this disease 10 contend
with. ant Always have and always shan
have. yet when these farmers looked ~
COW which comprised one OF this herd
nlne years old. raised on this faftn, sna AZ
WAYS kept VITA The fsrm stock N, ss
bear, and would dress go los., spefisc'
picture % health. they concluded The dis'
ease was not very CONTAGIOUS, taking ln,o
account The fAci that Mr. Hsmilton has
lost now And then an animal fOr I've years
past, And undoubtedly, this disease has
been lurking about The premises The whole
time. The lesson - be learned so Tar with
the Hamilton cattle. IA % watch yo1r ani'
nAls. and on discovering any coughing OF
other symptoms % consumption, gargei,
scrofslG or eAncer0as Affections, % weed
them out. isolate them from other stock,
.nt try ant cure n such animals fAiten
readily and very fast. showing vigor and
health. although coughing slightly, OF has'
lng swslled throat or eAket bsg. have them
slaughtered AMI Inspected, and u declared
hy competent experts 20 be heAltny mea''
10 Dc sold, otherwise, IN be buriei.
I made iAls proposition - TIE Cattle
Comuissioners-tO ship this band OF ~
lie 10 Irrigation In q car Aione. and have
them slaughtered under The eye OF MI.
Brytsu. the veterinarian called from Mass
Achasetis % Inspect these animAls' sn1
have then Inspected for The fafiher eiaea.
ton of oar farmers, whieh WAS not sgreei
70. They concluded 10 kiil Tie steer wlin
The scrofula buneh under bis iarOa', ana
also a very nice fAt steer that eougoei
some. the result of which have only seen
in the papers, A. was unable 70 remain
Al the killing. Oae fact remains, two
steers more have been barred A. The STATE
sxpense, worth and spprised 80, and 40
expensc lucurrtd that must amount in AZ
20 500. Another fact IL demonstrated.
thai other bresis than Jerseys have some
diseases. TIE balance OF the Hamilton
cattle remain In quarantine. and pfooan.y
Nil be Killed a. the States expense. We
wlsh AL our farmers Who can, would N.si'
these cattle and see whether they look hke
polson animals. IL IL uecessarr 20 learu
al we can about the diseases OF our AM.
rnals. And one fact WAS demopsIaied ~
thls elimination, that temperature - 20
intlcNilou of THIS disease, n tAis entire
herd were AZ ofthe same tempSraiure' s'ek
and vel.
We regard tie sensational notices ol
these txaminaiions and slanghtering tsIy
iplarioas - our Maine cattle In ne msike'
A. Massachusetts,, Rhode Island ADJ Con'
nectlcut bay their store cattle ron aiAns,
ana think oy these bloody snnoaneement,
tha, We mus, have someihing more i.ial
than consumption. which they regard 10
M. true Light. and 80 shun oar cattle In TIE
market. We think the item that appeared
iu our Maine papers ln regard 70 this mat
tsr wlll lpiare The farmers OF Maine 10 TIE
ssle OF their cattle many thousand dollars
I. c. LIBsr.
Buralan.
The Hone Farm dsvO,es considerable
.p.ee 20 the affair giving full history OF
he cattle and a somsvhA, different re-
port Of the proceedings. IL appear. from
this report that the cattle looked vel
from a distance. but as yoa get neare'
although several rods away, some OF them
are heard 10 breathe with the laborsd
breathing, which Is heard =, quite = dis
,anee. Several cough. With many The
coats lock rough. the eyes dull, head
orooping unnaturAlly. !, also sPPear'
that Mr.. Libby was very anxious to have
the cattle shipped to Brighton.
"Sov. gentlemen" said Nc. Libby, lool
a, thsss cattle. bought them aud have
kep, them here 90 demonstrate 10 the fsrm
an. OF Maine that little common sense Is
A good a. q little sciencei and thai IL wa
-fofv for the Cattle Commissioners t
ou.r.utipe these animals or regard then
A diseased. Now geniiemen' Am solu.
70 gamble little. There Is ina, oroeksa %,
facs steer, or that roam one. no" 4.
w.eer |. thousand dollars that 1 take ina
.tesr 20 Brighton market jasi A. ne Is 70
Cav, be l. inspected, pronounced AL riga,
called good oeef, dressed, bis lungs y
dovn the. dump and his carcass is hnnl
un AMI called good beef. and II you go in,'
Bos,on you are liable 20 eat H. way. u'
vou know that Is per cent OF the oss
furnished the Boston market rom w
West l. tuberculosed beef IL Is. Ines,
,,ser. are worth $50 or so spleee, and
lei voa We are poor In Maine snf cant ~
sord to bury TOO many OF these thirty Dol
isr hills. am standing up for the fsrmer
~ Maine. and n Massachusetts folks wan
..rh besf A that, say We might A. We
al N 20 them a. 20 have them Buy ~
49,. wet Issid these cattle w0uld gam
whsn put 90, to pasture. and make goo'
ref b, September. and you see they ar
In good order now.
Afser q thorough examination Of ta'
herd by Or. Bailey. Of Portland. and Dr
Br,den. Of Boston. an English vs,erin.r.
oaieer. and for seven gears past hA
been the veterinary Inspector to the Altar
and Cunard line Of steamers. IL va
decided 10 kill two Of them.
and on The lungs being exposed ever
particle OF lang tissue was found 70 % ~
"a with tubsrcaiSr deposits AttAeaed '
the parotld glsni-under the thros. neA
The lower Isw-wss An Ab-cess ss large
ones cst. nliet with patrid matter.
The deposits AL through the iane WI
tAIck, chsssy and granular. but ths iung
were m some parts completely orokel
down and flled with pas. The roar s'ee